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AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Two American women face up to 10 years in Japanese prison after alleged $1 million cannabis smuggling scheme Sun Sep 13 18:29:42 2026

Tokyo police arrested two 25-year-old American women at Haneda Airport after they allegedly flew from New York with 66 pounds of cannabis hidden in their suitcases, and one suspect says she took the job for a free trip to Japan. Cartron Jamere Bourbon Castillo and Jocelyn Dizon Natividad Patrin arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on […] The post Two American women face up to 10 years in Japanese prison after alleged $1 million cannabis smuggling scheme appeared first on American Almanac .

Tokyo police arrested two 25-year-old American women at Haneda Airport after they allegedly flew from New York with 66 pounds of cannabis hidden in their suitcases, and one suspect says she took the job for a free trip to Japan. Cartron Jamere Bourbon Castillo and Jocelyn Dizon Natividad Patrin arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on September 5 carrying two suitcases that police say contained roughly 30 kilograms of dried cannabis divided among more than a dozen packages, the New York Post reported . The seized substance carried an estimated street value of 150 million yen, approximately $970,000. A Tokyo police spokesman told AFP that "cannabis-like dried plants were secretly stored" in the luggage and that the women "conspired with…Open

STRIPES (Stars and Stripes Brie...) - From the archives: Actor Will Smith pays a visit to Yokota Air Base, 2007 | Stars and Stripes Tue Sep 1 10:00:00 2026

Actor Will Smith thrilled troops and family members during a visit to Yokota Air Base, Japan, in 2007.

STRIPES (Ryan Breeden, Keishi Koja) - Air Force moves to ease Okinawa housing shortage as families wait weeks for homes | Stars and Stripes Mon Aug 31 08:49:48 2026

Military families arriving on Okinawa are spending an average of three to five weeks searching for homes amid a tight housing market, officials said.

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - China Blasts Japanese PM Over Cockroach Story, Turning Viral Anecdote Into Diplomatic Firestorm Wed Aug 26 10:51:20 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

STRIPES (Hana Kusumoto, Alex Wilson) - US, Japan step in after sailor leaves without paying bodily injury victims | Stars and Stripes Mon Aug 24 08:09:06 2026

Four years after a U.S. sailor injured four people at a beach in Japan, the victims have received about $53,500 from the U.S. government, attorney says.